How To Install globus-xio-pipe-driver on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-xio-pipe-driver on Rocky Linux 8. globus-xio-pipe-driver is Grid Community Toolkit - Globus Pipe Driver

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-xio-pipe-driver on Rocky Linux 8.

What is globus-xio-pipe-driver

The Grid Community Toolkit (GCT) is an open source software toolkit used for building grid systems and applications. It is a fork of the Globus Toolkit originally created by the Globus Alliance. It is supported by the Grid Community Forum (GridCF) that provides community-based support for core software packages in grid computing. The globus-xio-pipe-driver package contains Globus Pipe Driver

We can use yum or dnf to install globus-xio-pipe-driver on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install globus-xio-pipe-driver.

Install globus-xio-pipe-driver on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install globus-xio-pipe-driver using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install globus-xio-pipe-driver

Install globus-xio-pipe-driver on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install globus-xio-pipe-driver using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install globus-xio-pipe-driver

How To Uninstall globus-xio-pipe-driver on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the globus-xio-pipe-driver package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove globus-xio-pipe-driver

globus-xio-pipe-driver Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b
/usr/lib/.build-id/6b/1f10ed12a651965fd91a071851135015c94aac
/usr/lib64/libglobus_xio_pipe_driver.so
/usr/share/doc/globus-xio-pipe-driver
/usr/share/doc/globus-xio-pipe-driver/README
/usr/share/licenses/globus-xio-pipe-driver
/usr/share/licenses/globus-xio-pipe-driver/GLOBUS_LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install globus-xio-pipe-driver on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.